Bendheim Center for Finance

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<p>How does Princeton's Bendheim Center for Finance's program compare with the nation's other top business schools' (such as Wharton, Sloan, Stern, Kellogg, etc.) programs?</p>

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<p>the program is focused on finance not on 'mangement sciences' across the board</p>

<p>PS: Stern is not among the top 7 btw</p>

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<p>Sorry for not being clear enough; I meant to ask how the Princeton's Bendheim Center for Finance's program compares with the finance programs of other top business schools. Thanks in advance</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebcf/mfaqapply.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/~bcf/mfaqapply.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Check out their placement record on their homepage.</p>

<p>A couple of observations:</p>

<p>1) The Bendheim Center is probably much more a child of the economics department than business schools are with regard to the economics departments of their universities (take stanford or harvard as a reference point); this in turn tends to attract more academically oriented students who probably have less work experience than MBAs on average - see the relatively high percentage of students continuing with doctoral programs.</p>

<p>2) Although the program is young, graduates probably still benefit from an Ivy brand name (as do Yale MBAs - which is a good, but not a top tier B-school in the view of most people). This would explain the good placement record. As far as networking goes, Bendheim alumni probably have plenty of opportunites to connect with other Pton alumni, although this does not quite field the same influential alumni group in the finance world as Wharton or HBS do, I would think.</p>

<p>3) The starting salaries don't seem far from those of top MBA schools, although there are no data yet on the progression record of Bendheim graduates' salaries. </p>

<p>4) Class sizes are infinitely smaller than in B-Schools - this can be an advantage in terms of getting more individualized attention, it certainly is a drawback in terms of alumni network.</p>

<p>5) If you take appropriate undergraduate courses, you seem to be able to do a MFin in 1 year. This in turn may be a much better stepping stone into Wall street than only an undergraduate degree. Ultimately, a Bendheim detour may significantly enhance your chances to get into a top tier MBA program, if that is what you are really after.</p>